National Braille Challenge



Braille Challenge

2013 Preliminary

Sophomore

Charts and Graphs 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Eighteen Great No-Cost Birthday Presents to Give to Favorite

People …………………….……………………………………….. 1

How to Wrap Presents ………………………………………………….. 12

Four Birthday Cards You Can Make ………………………………….. 13

How to Make Birthday Party Decorations ……………………………. 20

How to Make Cookies

Sugar Cookies ……………………………………………………. 28

Chocolate Chip Cookies …………………………………………. 31

Date Nut Cookies ……………………………………………….... 35

Lemon Cookie Bars …………………………………………….... 39

How to Make Candy……………………………………………………... 40

Old Birthday Cards, 21 Suggestions for Their Use …………………... 45

Questions for “Table of Contents”

1. What page(s) discuss(es) the procedures for wrapping a gift?

a. Pages 12-13

b. Pages 1-12

c. Page 12

d. Page 13

e. None of the above

2. What page(s) provide(s) the recipe and directions for baking Date Nut Cookies?

a. Pages 31-35

b. Pages 35-38

c. Page 35

d. Page 35-39

e. None of the above

3. How many ideas are there for making birthday gifts?

a. This is not included in the table of contents

b. 21

c. 18

d. 1

e. 4 1

4. How many pages discuss self-made birthday cards?

a. 4

b. 13

c. 8

d. 7

e. None of the above

5. What is the best title for this book?

a. Party Ideas

b. Baking Cookies for a Birthday Party

c. Birthday Present Ideas

d. Making Birthday Cards and Birthday Presents

e. Ideas for Planning a Birthday Party

6. How many homemade birthday cards ideas can be found in this book?

a. 4

b. 18

c. 21

d. 24

e. None of the above

7. What is the first page of the recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies?

a. 28

b. 40

c. 20

d. 39

e. None of the above

8. How many total pages are there in this book that discuss how to make cookies?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 9

d. 12

e. None of the above

9. If you wanted ideas for creating a birthday setting, to which page(s) would you

refer?

a. This is not discussed in this book.

b. Pages 31-34

c. Pages 20-28

d. Pages 13-27

e. Pages 20-27

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10. If you were asked to write the last section of this book based on your answer

provided in question #5, what is the BEST subtitle for this section?

a. How to Make Party Favors

b. How to Rent a Party Hall and Equipment

c. Party Clean-Up and What Is Involved

d. The Weather and How It Can Ruin A Party

e. How to Write Letters Thanking Everyone For Attending

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Braille Challenge

2013 Preliminary

Sophomore

Charts and Graphs 2

New Backpacks

Free Gifts

Pencils

Water Bottle

Key Ring

Daily Planner

Notebook

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Number of Free Gifts

Each new backpack sold at School Supplies Store comes with one free gift. The bar graph shows the number of different types of free gifts that were placed in the backpacks sold.

Questions for “New Backpacks”

1. How many total backpacks came with a free gift?

a. 75

b. 90

c. 100

d. 85

e. None of the above

2. How many more water bottles than key rings were in the backpacks?

a. 25

b. 5

c. 15

d. 10

e. None of the above

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3. What is the probability of getting a pencil as a free gift?

a. 10 out of 25

b. 30 out of 100

c. 3 out of 100

d. 30 out of 50

e. None of the above

4. What percent of notebooks are free gifts

a. 25%

b. 20%

c. 2%

d. 80%

e. None of the above

5. How many more daily planners are there compared to notebooks?

a. 10

b. 5

c. 15

d. 20

e. None of the above

6. There is exactly a 10% chance of getting which of the following free gifts?

a. daily planner

b. key ring

c. notebook

d. water bottle

e. None of the above

7. Which combination of free gifts totals 50 items?

a. pencils and water bottles

b. water bottles and notebooks

c. key rings and pencils

d. water bottles and key chains

e. notebooks and pencils

8. How many more key rings are needed to equal the number of pencils?

a. 5

b. 10

c. 15

c. 20

e. None of the above

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9. What is the best conclusion that can be made about why the School Supplies

Store chose these particular free gifts?

a. This is all they had in their store.

b. Students preferred water bottle than daily planners.

c. Students need more pencils than daily planners.

d. A store inventory showed that these were the supplies most often

purchased by students.

e. Students will buy backpacks only if there is a free gift.

10. What is the BEST prediction, as to the availability of free gifts at the School

Supplies Store?

a. The type of free gifts will depend on the store hours.

b. Free gifts will depend on sales personnel choices.

c. Free gifts will be a thing of the past because of supply and demand for all

stores.

d. Giving away a free gift is a good sales approach and a positive method to

increase purchases made by customers.

e. None of the above.

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